Local Soda
The idea behind Local Soda is surprisingly simple:
Drink for a good cause.
Avoiding bottled water in places where a lot is consumed
Project outline
Creation of water dispensers in cafes and offices, which in turn undertake to donate a chosen amount per litre of tap water drunk to a water project, preferably a drinking water project of a social or educational institution in the immediate vicinity.
Project start: 2012 / Paused: 2015-today
Aims
The Panterito Foundation provides catering companies with a water dispenser according to their needs. In return, they undertake to donate a voluntary amount per litre consumed to a partner project, for example, in the purchase and maintenance of a drinking fountain for the primary school or the family centre next door.
Here, special attention is paid to education and general awareness on the top of tap water. For example, the inauguration of a water dispenser, is embedded in the project and a poster explains the benefits and environmental advantages of avoiding bottled water consumption.
Through this networking initiative various benefits are created. Water consumption is being switched to tap water in several places at once. Thus, the range for the sensitization is higher and in a more diverse audience. The financial basis of the partner projects (maintenance costs) is secured in the long term, so that the initiated change has time to establish itself and actually have a lasting effect.
If the partner project is in the neighbourhood, the cooperation contributes to new contacts and improved co-existence there. Last but not least, the catering businesses also save on logistical effort, storage capacity and generally – despite donations – on costs.
What is important to us:
The donations are 100% invested in partner projects.
This project contributes to the realisation of the following UN Sustainable Development Goals
Direct impact
Indirect impact
Become active yourself
Do you run a restaurant or facility that would like to participate in this project? Or do you want to support the Panterito Foundation with helping hands, donations in kind or money?